# Amputations at NORTH ATLANTIC CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20211210848` · 12/17/2021 · SOMERSET, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** NORTH ATLANTIC CORPORATION
- **Location:** 1255 GRAND ARMY HIGHWAY, SOMERSET, MASSACHUSETTS, 02726
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a machine with a rag when the rag got too close to the blades and the blades grabbed the rag and his right-hand fingers resulting in an amputation injury.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*